yellow fly, gadfly (orig. “the bite”) Cnd.268 (= pingala-makkhika, same at Ja.iii.263; Snp-a.101); usually in combination with other biting or stinging sensations, as ˚siriṃsapa Snp.52, & freq. in cpd; ḍaṃsa-makasa-vāt’ ātapa-siriṃsapa-samphassa MN.i.10; AN.ii.117, AN.ii.143 = AN.iii.163; AN.iii.388; AN.v.15; Vin.i.3; Cnd. s.v. (enumerated under var. kinds of dukkhā); Vism.31 (here explained as ḍaṃsana-makkhikā or andha-makkhikā).

see ḍasati